You may already know this, but if not, it might interest you. "Rastas" refers to rastafarians, a black cult that does not SPEAK to whites if it can be helped. Rastafarians oppose all mixing with any other race and their uniform is the dreadlck.

But in America, the term "Rastus" is the name referred to contemptuusly as a generic name for blacks in the Old South. A lot of blacks were named "Erasmus" by their classically educated masters and this rendered to "Rastus," pronounced in American the same way as "rastas."

Both a's in "rastas" are short in American while both a's are long in Spanish, but it is, as we say, "the same difference."

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Originally Posted by patriotaflame

Absolutely -- as far as dreadlocks go...for me they are petrifyingly disgusting. Here in Spain a few left wing race mixing youths wear the dreadlocks...known as "rastas" in Madrid...and if they dare step into my local bar they are not served but promptly ignored...

just the other day, in fact, one of these "youths" (I am young so I refuse to place them in my own group of associates)...walked into my local pub...listened to a conversation I was having about the preservation of culture and quickly called me a "fascist" (facha, in colloquial castilian). I quickly retorted and said "id rather be a facha than be as dirty as the Maria de Molina tunnel" (for those in the US without the context...in Madrid the Maria Molina tunnel would be the equivalent of the Holland and Lincoln tunnels in New York).

The youth then became a bit hysterical...and the owner promptly escorted him out.

You may already know this, but if not, it might interest you. "Rastas" refers to rastafarians, a black cult that does not SPEAK to whites if it can be helped. Rastafarians oppose all mixing with any other race and their uniform is the dreadlck.

But in America, the term "Rastus" is the name referred to contemptuusly as a generic name for blacks in the Old South. A lot of blacks were named "Erasmus" by their classically educated masters and this rendered to "Rastus," pronounced in American the same way as "rastas."

Both a's in "rastas" are short in American while both a's are long in Spanish, but it is, as we say, "the same difference."

Hello sir...

I had heard something along those lines but was not so sure...now it is clarified and I thank you for it. I have no idea why people in Spain refer to this "style" as "rastas"...but it may have to do with the fact that a lot of English words are used in Spain for fads and even the word "parking" is used to refer to a parking LOT or parking grounds...

I have pointed this out to some of my students (when I taught English in Madrid) and they all seemed a bit shocked. Do you have a lot of these kinds of people...dreadlock types...in South Carolina? I have only visited SC once so I did not have the opportunity to carefully observe...

Schools already have massive problems with Black Kids with Corn-Rows and Nits.
Because it is impossible to Comb them out.

Public school is a pain in the arse.

There are herbal combinations that one can apply to their hair that actually make your hair resistant to lice. There are small villiages in India that use a combination of coconut oil and other herbs on their hair, and rarely catch lice, in a society full of it. As I mentioned in a previous post, dreadlocks can be removed as long as you don't do something stupid like add glue. It takes a few hours, but can be done. The misconception is that once you put them in they are permanate. If someone is stupid enough to put glue in their hair, they deserve to have to have their head shaved if they catch lice.

I don't understand why they are having issues with the corn-rows either. They are braids, and like all braids, they can be UN-braided. Are these negros unwilling to unbraid their hair to get rid of bugs? If so, they need kicked out of school for the safety of everyone else.

My whole point is, we can't base who we should be, on the fact that black people happen to choose a style that has been worn by whites as well. That is giving them far more power than they deserve. I refuse to give negros that power over my decision making. If I liked dreads, I would have them! The only reason I don't, is because I don't personally like the style that much, just as I don't like having short hair. I feel like it makes me look like a dyke when my hair is short, yet I certainly wouldn't regard a woman as a dyke, for wearing her hair short. White warriors were certainly wearing dreadlocks, and it wasn't because they met some Africans and said, "Wow, we want to look just like them". They didn't have "Aussie Three Minute Miracle" back then. Hair got tangled to hell & back, and they cut it into sections. It had NOTHING to do with negros. Blacks don't get to steal fashion for themselves. If all blacks dye their hair blond, and put straightener in their hair, that doesn't make whites with blond straight hair, "wiggers". Now, I have issues with a white guy who puts in dreadlocks and a rasta hat, asking me for ganga, however any white man with dreads who tells me of his warrior heritage, I am going to honor. I would never in a million years place judgment on a fellow white man for following what he feels is his white heritage. It may not be MY choice of a way to honor my white heritage, and it might not be your way of honoring yours, but there is more than one way to honor who we are. Blacks don't get to take whatever they want and call it theirs. I refuse to judge my warrior brothers and sisters in such a way by telling them to give up their style because the negros want it.

most white hair types are not conductive to dreads anyway. it is difficult to even get the look correct with most white types of hair. its difficult to keep and difficult to achieve and its rather ugly hair style except for the rastas who wear it as it Identifies them. even in africa the style is looked down on in most of society. it is rediculous for any white person to have it. its not natural and looks out of place when you see it.

most white hair types are not conductive to dreads anyway. it is difficult to even get the look correct with most white types of hair. its difficult to keep and difficult to achieve and its rather ugly hair style except for the rastas who wear it as it Identifies them. even in africa the style is looked down on in most of society. it is rediculous for any white person to have it. its not natural and looks out of place when you see it.

Any hair, from any race, can become dreadlocks. The finest of hair can become a tangled mess, which is really all dreadlocks are. Almost every race of people who didn't have the means to maintain or brush their hair daily, ended up with one huge piece of fabric on top of their head (remember the finest of silk can become fabric), and dreadlocks were simply what that piece of fabric became when it was cut into sections. My friend who has them is very white, very blond, and certainly not someone you would dare call a wigger. He is very much an Odinist, and the farthest thing from black. He has biceps the size of most people's head, and has far more pride in his race then most of the multi-cultural world I have to live in everyday, and though I don't like the look of dreadlocks, it's my honor for him that I am even bothering to post in this thread.

I haven't seen dreadlocks in years. Someone once said he had neer seen a place where the blacks were so black and the whites so white as South Carolina. So blacks here are not such a big deal they use dreadlocks to stand out. It wold be considered silly.

So would whites pretending to be black. We have too many of the real thing here, black AND white.

Blacks here are used to being black.

For instance, black women here will gp to church in BRIGHT colors on Sunday because they show up so well against very dark skin. The clothes are very conservative, but the colors look good when THEY wear them.

No young people here run around trying to sound black THEMSELVES. There are a few who like rap music, but if they pretended to be black, people of both races would laugh their asses off at them.

As you probably suspected, crap like that sells in Europe or a Yankee suburb, but not where one is used to the real thing.

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Originally Posted by patriotaflame

Hello sir...

I had heard something along those lines but was not so sure...now it is clarified and I thank you for it. I have no idea why people in Spain refer to this "style" as "rastas"...but it may have to do with the fact that a lot of English words are used in Spain for fads and even the word "parking" is used to refer to a parking LOT or parking grounds...

I have pointed this out to some of my students (when I taught English in Madrid) and they all seemed a bit shocked. Do you have a lot of these kinds of people...dreadlock types...in South Carolina? I have only visited SC once so I did not have the opportunity to carefully observe...

To me , personally, it is associated with Rastafarism, which is alien to Whites.

However there are some interesting things posted on here, even though the site is quite skewed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadlocks. The Celts, Norse, Germanic tribes, Greeks and Vikings had long hair. Even some WN and a few NS today also have long hair. How they styled it, is all a matter of opinion. Whatever works for you, pal. However, skins and traditionalists might think dreadlocks are out of place in the Movement.

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Originally Posted by AzureNight

Haha, I'm definitely not getting them done. They look pretty awful and there's no way I'm not washing my hair for ages. I was just wondering to which culture they belong.